Faculty Highlights and Accomplishments

Kudos to our outstanding faculty colleagues!

Charissa Threat, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, has received the American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) 2017 Lavinia L. Dock Award for her book "Nursing Civil Rights: Race and Gender in the Army Nurse Corps."

Richard D. Benson II, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Education Department, has received a one-year grant from the United Negro College Fund to study the struggle for education equity in Britain’s Black community.

Professor Tarshia Stanley, Ph.D., chair of the English department and director of the Honors Program, received a one-year grant from the United Negro College Fund for her project entitled, “Butler’s Daughters: Imagining Leadership Through Black Speculative Fiction.”

Andrea Lewis Ph.D., C’96, assistant professor and Education Department chair at Spelman, recently released a children’s book that explores racial differences and acceptance of others. “Valerie’s New Friends” (Rathsi Publishing), chronicles Dr. Lewis’ childhood growing up and finding friendship in a predominantly white community in southern New Jersey.